Dan/W4NTI wrote:
"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message
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"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
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In article , Mike Coslo wrote:


This cannot be, for no one wants to take anything away from Morse code
users.

Why not, 8 years ago, the Arrl did a survey. They asked amateurs who had
passed a morse code exam if they EVER used morse code. Two out of three
responded "no". I.e. 2/3's of the hams surveyed NEVER used morse code.

Of course in those days they spun it as "1 out 3 sometimes uses morse

code".

So if it came to a vote you'd have a hard time keeping things as they

are.

Geoff.

The ARRL had a new survey in the last 6 months. Half of the respondants

use

morse any where from occasionally to 100% of the time. Morse code usage
appears to be on the rise. In the past year, participation in the ARRL
Morse contests showed an increase of 20% over the previous year.
Participation in the voice contests was practically the same as last year
with virtually no growth.

So that 8 year old survey does not reflect today's situation.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE



Forget it Dee. You cant convince the no coder. They believe their own
propaganda.

What I would like to know is where are our NCI buddies? Aren't they
against this sort of thing? Where is Carl jumping to our defense? Bill
Sohl? Where have ya gone, Joe DiMaggio?